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MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC. $29 (Toronto symbol MBT; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 78.9 million; Market cap: $2.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 4.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mtsallstream.com) has expanded its recent restructuring plan, under which it is cutting 25% of its Allstream subsidiary’s workforce and lowering this business’s capital spending by 20% to 30%....
MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC. $21 (Toronto symbol MFI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 136.6 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mapleleaf.ca) will soon complete a multi-year restructuring that mainly involves closing older meat-processing plants and shifting their operations to newer facilities....
FORTIS INC. $38 (www.fortisinc.com) paid $4.5 billion for UNS Energy in August 2014. This business operates power plants and distributes electricity and gas to 658,000 clients in Arizona. In the three months ended September 30, 2015, UNS increased Fortis’s earnings by 116.4%, to $145 million from $67 million a year earlier....
NVIDIA CORP. $21 (Nasdaq symbol NVDA; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 543.5 million; Market cap: $11.4 billion; Price-to- sales ratio: 2.6; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.nvidia.com) is a leading designer of 3D-capable video chips, which make video games run more smoothly and appear more lifelike. The company outsources most of its production to Asian chipmakers.
In its fiscal 2015 third quarter, which ended October 26, 2014, Nvidia’s revenue rose 16.3%, to a record $1.2 billion from $1.1 billion a year earlier. Earnings jumped 43.3%, to $220.4 million from $153.8 million. The company spent $810.0 million on share buybacks in the past nine months. As a result, its earnings per share rose 50.0%, to $0.39 from $0.26.
Nvidia spends around 30% of its revenue on research, which is helping it expand into new areas, particularly chips for mobile devices. Its new Tegra chips now power Google’s new Nexus 9 tablet and Chromebook laptop computer. The company also recently launched its own tablet, called Shield, specifically for video game enthusiasts.
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In its fiscal 2015 third quarter, which ended October 26, 2014, Nvidia’s revenue rose 16.3%, to a record $1.2 billion from $1.1 billion a year earlier. Earnings jumped 43.3%, to $220.4 million from $153.8 million. The company spent $810.0 million on share buybacks in the past nine months. As a result, its earnings per share rose 50.0%, to $0.39 from $0.26.
Nvidia spends around 30% of its revenue on research, which is helping it expand into new areas, particularly chips for mobile devices. Its new Tegra chips now power Google’s new Nexus 9 tablet and Chromebook laptop computer. The company also recently launched its own tablet, called Shield, specifically for video game enthusiasts.
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